EXCLUSIVE: Big changes on the syllabus at Xavier

University makes a promise to students to deliver

11:29 PM,
Mar. 5, 2013

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Seeking to reshape an increasingly uncertain academic and financial future, Xavier University will try everything from a capital campaign of as much as $140 million to a new College of Innovation and Entrepreneurship.

There also could be a new pledge from Xavier to students: "To develop their values and character, deliver an excellent education, and guarantee placement in their career or next educational step."

Draft plans circulating around the Evanston campus this week show that XU's board and top administrators are serious when they talk about doing things differently. ...